Review of Colloidal Nanoparticles as Advanced Biological Sensors published in Science

Friday, October 03, 2014

Stevens Group members Dr Philip Howes and Dr Rona Chandrawati have published a review entitled “Colloidal Nanoparticles as Advanced Biological Sensors” in the latest issue of Science. This Review gives a comprehensive overview of the use of specialised nanomaterials as diagnostic tools and their applications in the global healthcare system. Congrats Phil and Rona!

Study of Nanoparticle Growth Created by Enzyme Nanopatterns on the Front Cover of Adv. Funct. Mater.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Stevens Group has been featured on the Front Cover of the most recent issue of Advanced Functional Materials. The report by former group member Dr Roberto de la Rica and current members Ms Karla L Herpoldt, Dr Hai-nan Xie, Dr Sergio Bertazzo and Prof Molly Stevens entitled “Nanoparticle Growth via Concentration Gradients Generated by Enzyme Nanopatterns” describes the mechanism of nanoparticle growth kinetics as affected by nanoscale patterns of enzymes.

Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Biodiagnostics featured on the Front Cover of Chemical Society Reviews

Saturday, June 07, 2014

The Stevens Group has been featured on the Front Cover of a Nanoplasmonics themed issue of Chemical Society Reviews. The report by Dr Philip Howes, Dr Subinoy Rana and Prof Molly Stevens entitled “Plasmonic nanomaterials for biodiagnostics” describes the state of the art in biosensing research based on plasmonic nanomaterials, which are capable of detecting biomarkers corresponding to various disease states.

Stevens’ group research featured in ERC brochure

Monday, October 01, 2012

Prof. Molly Stevens’ research project on ‘Nanotechnology to help rebuild bodies and detect disease’ has been featured in the ERC brochure ‘Biotechnology 2012: An insight into ERC projects’. The brochure on Biotechnology features the most innovative grantees' projects as examples of the research ERC is funding.
[Read the brochure here!]

Prof Stevens featured in The Lancet

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Prof Stevens was interviewed for The Lancet by David Holmes for an article entitled “Molly Stevens: material girl”. In the article Prof. Stevens discusses her current research, and the potential health applications of her group’s work.
[Full Text]

Paper by Dr Caterina Minelli and Mr Stuart Lowe featured on front cover of Small

Monday, October 25, 2010

Congratulations to Caterina Minelli and Stuart Lowe whose paper entitled “Engineering Nanocomposite Materials for Cancer Therapy” has been chosen to feature on the front cover of the journal Small.
[Article available at Wiley Online Library]

Article by Daniel Aili and Morgan Mager is Editor’s Choice in Science

Congratulations to Daniel Aili and Morgan Mager whose article "Hybrid Nanoparticle−Liposome Detection of Phospholipase Activity" was highlighted in a News and Views piece in Nature Chemistry and was selected for the Editor's Choice in Science. The article is due to appear in print in the April edition of Nano Letters and will also be featured on that issue's front cover.

Stevens Group Research in Nature News

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Stevens Group's research has been featured in Nature News. The article “Nanoparticle kit could diagnose disease early” discusses techniques in which colour changes show the presence of minuscule amounts of key enzymes.
[Nature News Highlight]

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